The Professional Fighters’ League drew 126,000 viewers on ESPN2 Thursday night for its second night of playoffs from Las Vegas. The PFL playoffs last week from the Mandalay Bay featured the quarterfinals of the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions. Fighters advancing to New York had to fight twice with some fighting on the Prelims and then […]
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ESPN and DAZN neck and neck in top-grossing sports apps
According to John Ourand’s eblast newsletter on Wednesday, ESPN and DAZN remain the top-grossing sports apps worldwide. The key difference between the two apps is that 99% of ESPN’s revenue is from the U.S. while DAZN’s only receives 27% from the U.S. Ourand cites data from Sensor Tower which notes that ESPN has around $9.4 […]
UFC 241 PPV Prelims draw 817,000 viewers
The UFC 241 PPV Prelims drew 817,000 viewers on Saturday night on ESPN according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event was the 5th most-watched telecast on cable and did better than two NFL Preseason game in the A18-49 demo. The UFC PPV Prelims drew a 0.33 share in the A18-49 demo which ranked better […]
UFC 241: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition we take a look at a very successful UFC 241 from The Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Stipe KOs Cormier to regain Heavyweight title Stipe Miocic regained the UFC Heavyweight title with a KO of Daniel Cormier late in the 4th round. DC had looked […]
UFC on ESPN 5 draws 680K for afternoon show
UFC on ESPN 5 from Newark, New Jersey Saturday afternoon drew 680,000 viewers on the network per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which preceded the main card on Saturday drew 523,000 viewers. The main card featured Colby Covington as he took on Robbie Lawler. Covington defeated Lawler via unanimous decision. The main card drew […]